3S-GTE JDM 2nd Gen Turbo Engine ct26 to downpipe question [Archive] - Toyota MR2 Message Board

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I am in the process of fixing the 99 problems of the car I purchased. Anyone following my thread of the restore would know this part already but I need some guidance to putting out here. When I had the new exhaust put in the tech told me that he found the downpipe was only being held on by one bolt out of the 6 it needed and it was really loose that he could move it about 2 inches. (explains the exhaust leak and the PO telling me it needed a gasket.) I asked the tech about the gasket the PO